Novelty Navy Color

#515b62

Novelty Navy is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #aea49d
Complementary Color #615751
Color Shade: cool cyan (204.71° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 35.1% (better contrasting with white)
Novelty Navy Color Sample
Novelty Navy Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #515b62

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Novelty Navy Color. The Silver Blueberry color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Improbable (#6e7376) for more calm effect. Try Long Lake as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#615751 is the best complementary color to Novelty Navy. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #515b62 complementary color is Pine Cone, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Trout are #516160 and #515261. Thus found on the left and right of #515b62 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Corduroy and Trout colors as they work well with Novelty Navy.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Novelty Navy palette consists of #616051 and #615152 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#615751). Try Chicago and Zambezi colors in combination with #515b62, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #515b62 offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Novelty Navy. Thus Siam and Don Juan giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Novelty Navy contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pine Cone, Salt Box, and Finlandia split by 90° on the color wheel. #515b62 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Novelty Navy tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#615751) and two others. The Don Juan is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Nandor – 120° from the complementary Pine Cone. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #61515a and #516158.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #515b62 is made of 30% red, 34% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Novelty Navy has a hue angle of 204.71°, a saturation of 9.5% and a lightness of 35.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #515b62 is made of 6.67% cyan, 2.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 61.57% black ink.

HEX #515b62
RGB Decimal rgb(81,91,98)
RGB Percentage 30%, 34%, 36%
CMYK 6.67, 2.74, 0, 61.57
HSL hsl(204.71,9.5%,35.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(204.71,17.35%,38.43%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.0451,-2.2299,-5.3392)
XYZ xyz(9.339,10.1133,13.0151)
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